Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

यश्चैतच्छृणुयान्नित्यं भक्त्या परमया नृप । सोऽपि पापैर्विमुच्येत केदारस्य प्रभावतः

Transliteration

yaścaitacchṛṇuyānnityaṃ bhaktyā paramayā nṛpa | so'pi pāpairvimucyeta kedārasya prabhāvataḥ

Translation

ข้าแต่นรป ผู้ใดสดับถ้อยคำนี้เป็นนิตย์ด้วยภักติอันยิ่ง แม้ผู้นั้นก็พ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง ด้วยอานุภาพแห่งเคทาระ

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• एतत्: this (teaching)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शृणुयात्: should hear
• शृणुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• परमया: supreme
• परमया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘भक्त्या’ विशेषण

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अप्यर्थे (also/even)

• पापैः: from sins
• पापैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• विमुच्येत: would be freed
• विमुच्येत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• केदारस्य: of Kedāra
• केदारस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• प्रभावतः: due to the power
• प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), ‘-तः’ = ‘because of/from’

Speaker

Pulastya (addressing Yayāti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (mahātmya-śravaṇa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee sits daily listening to a reciter narrate Kedāra’s greatness; behind them, a subtle vision of the Kedāra shrine appears, indicating the tīrtha’s ‘prabhāva’ transmitted through sound.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra
• Bhakti
• Pāpa
• Prabhāva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred listening (śravaṇa) with deep bhakti is itself a purifying sādhana, because the tīrtha’s māhātmya carries transformative power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra tīrtha, whose prabhāva (spiritual potency) is praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-śravaṇa—regular hearing/recitation-listening of the Kedāra māhātmya with supreme devotion.